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HISD Recapture and Sunnyside: Tuesday’s Show (October 25, 2016)

Texas state lawmaker Jimmy Don Aycock recently bemoaned how “property value increases have triggered the ‘Robin Hood’ feature” of a school funding system which, in essence, requires HISD to send money to other districts. Aycock notes the same thing has happened to Austin, Spring Branch and other districts — and the Dallas school district may face […]

Texas state lawmaker Jimmy Don Aycock recently bemoaned how “property value increases have triggered the ‘Robin Hood’ feature” of a school funding system which, in essence, requires HISD to send money to other districts. Aycock notes the same thing has happened to Austin, Spring Branch and other districts — and the Dallas school district may face much the same in future years.

So, just what’s going on, and why does it have lawmakers and education officials worked up about school funding? And what will a “yes” or “no” vote on an associated ballot measure (Proposition 1) on Election Day accomplish? On this edition of Houston Matters, News 88.7 education reporter Laura Isensee tells us about this school funding system also called “recapture” and why some see it as unfair.

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Revamping Houston’s Sunnyside Neighborhood

Last night (Oct. 24, 2016), Houston City Council Member Dwight Boykins of District D held a community town hall to address the priorities of addressing Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood. The meeting comes just a few weeks after a joint report by the Texas Organizing Project and Texas Low Income Housing Information Service.

We discuss what issues Sunnyside residents would like to see addressed and possible solutions to addressing those concerns.